Recovery of chemical recyclates from fibre-reinforced composites: A review of progress

•A joined-up approach between industrial need and academic research of the chemical recycling of polymers used in fibre reinforced composites is presented.•An emphasis is placed on critiquing the potential for scalability/industrialisation of the different solvolysis technologies and the associated blockers.•A ‘cheat sheet’ of a typical solvolysis process is given, describing the work flow of the recycling treatment, the common metrics by which its success is measured, what substrates solvolysis is most suitable for.•The technology readiness level (TRL) assessment of solvolysis in the UK and worldwide is included.